All-age schools in Wales - A report on the challenges and successes of establishing all-age schools

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Glossary

All-age school	A school that combines at least two stages of a child’s education (typically primary and secondary). Also classed as middle schools and defined according to the age range of pupils that they provide for. Either 3-16, 3-19, 4-16 or 4-19.
Areas of learning and experience	Successful Futures refers to the development of six areas of learning and experience as a way of organising curriculum subjects. These are expressive arts, health and wellbeing, humanities, languages, literacy and communication, mathematics and numeracy, and science and technology.
National all-age schools network	A forum for all-age schools in Wales for sharing ideas and research
Phases	Allocated year groups within an all-age school. There can be up to four phases in one school. Phase 1: Nursery to Year 4 Phase 2: Year 5 to Year 8 Phase 3: Year 9 to Year 11 Phase 4: sixth form (where present) Phases 2 and 3 span different key stages.
pedagogy	The method and practice of teaching
regional consortia	The provision set up by a group of local authorities to deliver school improvement services as set out in the Welsh Government’s National Model for Regional Working (2014)